C'mon Dave. The usenet has been around almost as long as the
internet. You sound as if this is something new to you.

No, but I'm used to some of the more civilized newsgroups. Well there
are a
few...honest...

Usenet is like a herd of performing elephants with diarrhea -- massive,
difficult to redirect, awe-inspiring, entertaining, and a source of
mind-boggling amounts of excrement when you least expect it.
~Gene Spafford - 1992~